[eccr] Fwd: LOS OLVIDADOS ANTHOLOGY

>PUBLICATION "LOS OLVIDADOS"
>
>Papers are being solicited for a new anthology under the working title
>Remembering Los Olvidados: New Perspectives on Luis Bunuel's Mexican
>Classic.
>
>The themes and issues of Bunuel's powerful urban drama are as relevant
>today as they were in 1950.  Over fifty years after its release, the film
>continues to reflect the social reality of life in Mexico City and
>inspiring filmmakers and audiences, with its innovative style and content
>and its exciting revision of genre and narrative.  Los Olvidados opened up
>new ways of looking at Mexico, the Cityscape, and Surrealism.  Through its
>unsentimental treatment of childhood and the family it introduced Mexican
>cinema to a wider international audience, motivating new critical
>evaluations and encouraging innovative filmmaking throughout Latin America.
>It is a film that not only marked a true turning point in Bunuel's career,
>but continues to be central in Mexican, Latin American, and World cinema
>history.
>The editors are looking for previously unpublished essays (20-30 pages in
>length) that revisit and reconsider Los Olvidados to offer fresh,
>contemporary perspectives on the film.
>The aim of the anthology is:
>*To explore the immense impact the film has had on both past and present
>Mexican, Latin American, and World Cinema, its place in Bunuel's career and
>its relation to other Surrealist Cinema, Art, or Literature.
>*To provide a forum in which new and innovative critical approaches to Los
>Olvidados can be read.
>The book is aimed at scholars and students of film, cultural and media
>studies as well as Luis Bunuel enthusiasts.
>Please send two copies of papers (hardcopy) or 400 word abstracts  (via
>email) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE  to
>
>Prof. Ernesto R. Acevedo-Munoz, Film Studies
>Program, 283 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0283 USA,
>((Ernesto.Acevedo /at/ Colorado.edu)); or to
>Ceri Higgins, Department of Art,Design and Media,
>The University of Sunderland, Forster Building, Chester
>Road, Sunderland, SR1 3SD UK, ((ceri.higgins /at/ sunderland.ac.uk)).

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